*100 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Water Filterers. —Jas. Terry & Co., of Rochester, N. 
Y., had an assortment of these useful articles on exhibition, of 
the Kedzie Patent ; Certificate. 
Gildings. —J. A. B. Baker, Milwaukee, exhibited several 
fine specimens of gilt frames and mouldings; Diploma. 
Portable Fences. —We are glad to see the inventive 
genius of our country, turning so much of its energies to this 
subject. Cheap, convenient and durable fences, are a matter 
of interesting moment, in this prairie region, where lumber is 
scarce. Geo. B. Peabody, of Kilbourn City, and Crowns & 
Carhart, of Fox Lake, exhibited samples of “ Garlicks Patent” 
—took first Premium ; D. F. Brown, Delaware Co., N. Y., 
“ Bruens Patent ”—took Diploma. These are portable board 
fences. Peter Taylor & Bro., Dekorah, Iowa Co., their port¬ 
able picket fence—second Premium. There was another patent 
portable fence, whose exhibitor’s name we did not learn. 
Osier Willow. —Of this article, Geo. P. PefFer, Pewau- 
kee, exhibited some fine, unmanufactured samples ; an orna¬ 
mental fruit stand, made of the same. The cultivation of this, 
is, no doubt, deserving of more attention in this country. 
The following is 
g. p. peffer’s statement. 
My Osier Willow patch, from which the specimens awarded 
a Premium were cut, comprises but eight square rods—four 
rods, a growth of three years, and four of two years. The 
cuttings were stuck at distances of two feet, in rows four feet 
apart. Last spring I sold the whole stock, -with the exception 
of 100 canes, eight feet high—which were reserved for bows 
and left standing—to Mr. C. Frederick, manufacturer of wil¬ 
low ware, for so much per pound dried, he doing the cutting, 
peeling and drying himself ; so that the value of the patch may 
be stated thus: 
8 Bundles of cuttings, 13 lbs. each, 5 cts. per lb.,.$ 7 20 
500 Cuttings, extra strong,.. 1 25 
100 Large canes, reserved for bows,. 1 00 
Total yield of 1-20 of an acre,. 
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At this rate, an entire acre would be worth $149 00. 
$7 45 
